Inhaler.



No. 657,402. Patented Sept. 4, I900.

P. T. DONOVAN.

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(Application filed Apr. 12, 1900.

(N0 Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER THOMAS DONOVAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

INHALER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,402, datedSeptember 4, 1900.-

Applicationfiled April 12, 1900, 1 serial No. 12,542. \llo model.)

To (ZZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER THOMAS Dono- VAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, inthe county and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedInhaler, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide an inhaler designed for thetreatment of cold in the head, catarrh, asthma, bronchitis, &c., andwhich is so constructed that it may be attached to the nose in aconvenient and comfortable manner, the device being designedparticularly to be worn at night; but said device may be carried in thepocket and applied to the nostrils at any time. p

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,

and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device, illustrating itsapplication to the nose of a patient. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of theimproved device. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal vertical section taken throughthe central portion of the device, and Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of thedevice in aslightly-modified form.

The device is preferably made of one piece of fine resistance-wire andis formed with integral clamps which are designed to engage with thecentral cartilage of the nostrils without pinching or injuring thatmember, while receptacles are also formed at each side of the clampingportion of the device,

which receptacles, when the device is in position on the nose, arebrought immediately beneath the nostrils. The wire is bent upon itselfto form a central U-shaped shank A, and at the bottom of, the shank thewire is crossed upon itself or otherwise manipulated to form afinger-piece 12, the members of the U -shank being designated as 10 and11. This finger'piece 12 may be in the form of a ring, as illustrated,or may be of other shape. At the upper end of the member 11 of theIshankA the wire is bent upon itself in a manner whichforms a coil-clamp13, and the wire is carried from this coil-clamp, downward and outwardand is then shaped in a series of horizontal coils, thus forminga bas-.

ket 15, which is adapted to receive a filling .B of felt or otherabsorbent material. The wire at the upper end of the opposing member 10of the shank A is likewise formed into a coil-clamp 14 and is thencarried downward and outward, and this end of the wire is then formedinto a series of coils, forming a second basket 16, which is usually intransverse alinement with the basket 15, although not necessarily so.The coils of the baskets 15 and 16 may be close together, as shown inFigs. 2'and3, or they may be somewhat separated, as illustrated in Fig.4, in order to permit a circulation of air through the baskets. Thecoils of the basketsinstead of being pendent from their supports, asshown in Fig. 2, may be formed upon their supports, as shown in Fig. 4,and the handle 12 instead of being below the shank A may be containedwithin the same. As shown in Fig. 3, the members of the shank are givena slight rearward inclination from the clamps Band 14 to the handle 12,but while such inclination is preferred it is not absolutely necessary.

In operation the handle 12 is grasped, for example, between the thumband forefinger of the hand and the clamps 13 and 14 are made to engagewith opposite sides of the cartilage of the nostrils, as shown inFig. 1. The clamps in engaging with said cartilage of the nostrils willnot irritate that member, as the clamps are light and of springconstruction, and when the device is in position on the nose the basketsare held close to and beneath the nostrils, as is clearly indicated inFig. 1.

The absorbent material B in the baskets is designed to be saturated withor to receive volatile healing oils. While the device is worn,therefore, the influence of these healing agents is carried to the seatof the disease at each inspiration and not only tends to cure disease,but to absolutely prevent disease.

The prime advantage claimed for the device over other known inhalers isthat it insures an elfectual medicinal application dur- 1 ing heldatoppositesi des of the shank and" supported from the clamping members,for the 1 ing thosehours of .s0m'nolence when diseasesof the head andthroat make their most f0r-. inidable strides.

Having thus described my invention; :1

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent .1. An inhalerconsisting of a body haying spring-clamps-at its upperportion adaptedfor engagement with opposite sides of the'cartilage of the nostrils, andvreceptacles supported at each side of the body below the clampsandadaptedtocontain a saturatedor absorbentmaterial, as set forth.

2. An inhaler'consisting of a U-shank formed with a finger-piece,clamping menu-l bers carried bythe shank at theupper portion thereof,and receptacles for saturated or absorbent material, the saidreceptacles bepurposeset forth. p

An inhaler formed of a single piece of wireandlhaving a'bod y portionprovided with coil-clamps for attachment'to the cartilage of e the nose,and receptacles for ahealing ma- .name't'o this specification in thepresence of twosubscribingwitnesses; PETER THOMAS DONOVAN.

Witnesses:

J. FRED: AOKER, JNO. M. BITTER.

